Improvement in combined ironing-tables



H. SMITH.

Cnmrfd ironing-Tables, Lap- Boardsfand Siep-Ladders.

PatentedM rQh4,1873.

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l HENRY C. SMITH, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO..

IMPROVEMENT lN COMBINED IRONING-TABLES, LAP-BOARDS, AND STEP-LADDERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 136,390, dated March 4, 1873.

To all whom lit may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY C. SMITH, of Cleveland, in the'county of Cuyohoga and State of Ohio, have invented a new and use fnl Combined Ironing-Table, Lap-Board, and Step-Ladder, of which the following is a specication:

This invention relates to an ironing-table,

a lap-board, and a step-ladder, so constructed and arranged that'the step-ladder may be used separately, the lap-board the same, and by combining them with an ironing-board make a very convenient ironing-table, thus combining three useful domestic articles in one.

The following Yis a description of the construction and arrangement of the above:

In the accompanying drawing, yFigure 1 is a perspective viewof the ironing-table, comprising the three articles. Fig. 2 is a detached view of the step-ladder. Fig. 3 is a detached view of the ironing-board.` Fig. 4 is a detached View of the lap-board.

A represents a step-ladder made in the usual manner, and is intended for use about a house whenever a short step-ladder is required. Just above the lower round of the ladder I place blocks B B, having grooves in their inside faces. C is a board which serves for a support for thel ironing-board D, which can beused separately as a lap-board. One end of the boa-rd C is placed in lthe grooves in .the blocks B B, when the ladder is laid down, as seen in Fig. 1, the rear legs of the 'ladder forming a bra/ce for 'the support C. The ironingboard D has a cross-piece, E, secured on its under side, braced by a triangular piece, F, stiii'enin g and stren gthenin g it. There is also a cleat, G, on the board, between which and the cross-piece E the support C sits. This forms a 4firm and strong support for the table D, leaving the narrow end free and unobstructed, enabling skirts to be readily slipped onto it. Under the broad end of the board D is placed an iron rack or shelf, H, sliding in cleats I I, for holding a h'ot iron when not in use.

I claim-f- The ironing-table D, the lap-board C, and the step-ladder A, when constructed, conibined, and arranged substantially as shown and described, and for the purpose set forth,

H. C. SMITH.

Witnesses:

GEO. W. TIBBITTS, R. N. DENHAM. 

